Vehicle-chock.



J. B.VHARRIS0N..

VEHICLE CHOGK.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 28, 1911. 1,047,048. Patented Dec. 10,1912.

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J. B. HARRISON. VEHICLE GHOGK.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. Z8, 1911.

1 ,047,048, y l Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

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*UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE.

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Patented Dee. 10.1012.

To all whom t may concern Be fit `known that I, Janne B. Harmsen, a citizen of the United `States, and a' res),- dentof Port-land, in `the county `of Multnomah and State of Qregon, have invented a new and Improved Vehe-Qhek, .of Winch the followingisa full, clear, and ,exact descnftion.

'l Vy invention relates to a means for holding a .vehicle on a platform, and more particularly yrelaties to a means for fastening an automobile'on a box car.

An object of my invention is to provide a holding device which may be adjusted to fit dii'erent-sized wheels, and to fit the sets of wheels disposed at d iferent distances apart. A A

Reference is to he had to the accompanying drawings formin a part of this specification, in which simi ar characters pf reference indicate corresponding partsin allthe views, and in whic f- Fifrure 1 is aside elevation of an automobil a preferred embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view, Alookin down on the fioor'of the car, with the veicle removed; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the holding means; Fig.. 4 is an end -view of the minori/Fig. 5 is 'a transverse sectiona view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3; an, looking down; and Fig. 6 is a view taken onthe 'line 6-6 of Fig. 3, showing the binding straps in osition.

Mounte upon a platform or door of a box car A, isj'shown an' automobile B, fastened to the platform by meansfof fastening de Y vices C, one fastening device being disposed beneath each wheel, as shown more partielllarly in Fig. 2, said fastening devices form-l ing the subject-matter of this invention.

`While one or more of these fastening devices will be shown, it is, of course, to vbe understood that they are similar in construiction,

for engagement vwith each wheel.

Each fastening device comprises a bedplate 8, fastened to the floor by anysuitable means, as b means of screws 9 at each end, as shown in ig. 5. Extending upward from adjacent opposite ends of the plate 8 area pair of transversely-disposed bolts 10, the upper end of each of which bolts has a nut 11, disposed below which is a washer 12, said nuts passing through a pair .of longitudinally-disposed slots 13,'in a bottom ate 14 of a wheel-clamping member 15.

, end of this dishedplate is a'supportingp e'mounted in` a box car by means of A y this Construction.. the members on each o the bed-plates 8 may b e adjusted t 1 firmly engage different-sized wheels inf fi'ont a d rear ofits lower point, whereit rests on t o platform. These Wheel- 'clarnping members are similar inconstruction, merely bein lyersed in position, and comprise three p ates arranged in the form' of a trie ele, with the bottom plete 14, gs hereinbe ore descrlbd., I stlng on the be pair. of wheel-clamping plate 8', and 'pivoted at 01p osite ends of Said bottom late isa whee n a ing plate 16 having dished face 17 af g the tire of the wheel. Pivotedto the uplper ate 18, adapted to lie flat against a similarlyconstructed supporting late 19 -pivoted to the end of the bottom pate 14 opposite the connection of the plate 16 with said bottom apted to center -f late. The pla'ttesz18 and 19 are removably.

astened to ether by means of bolts 20 passing throng one Vset of alined apertures 21 in the plates 1 8 and 19.

hlt will be seen by this constrnotion that t e pesi of ,tv e rim of the wheel; that is, the smaller the iameter of the wheel, the more perpendicular will be positioned the plate 16, In order to fasten the wheel-clamping members 15 of each pair together, there is pivoted to opposite sides of. one of said members a pair of horizontally-extending straps 22, the free end of each strap having a number of apertures 23 extending therethrough.

One of thesel apertures in each strap isengaged by a bolt 24 passing therethroughand through an ear 25 extending from oppositesides of the other of said members 15, as shown more particularly inFig. v3. Centrally disposed betweenthe members 15 of each pairare a pair of transversely-disposed straps 28, rigidly fastened to the bedplate 8 by means of rivets 26, as shown more particularly in Fig. 5. The wheel is adapted to rest between these straps, and a leather strap 29 is passed over the felly of the wheel and about the centrally-raised portions of the straps 28, thereby firmly binding the wheel to the bedlate 8.A

Having thus escribed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by ALet'ters Patent:- 1

v1. A wheel-engaging means of a general triangular construction, comprising la bottom plate, a dished wheel-engaging plate lates 18 and 19 may beadjusted to a t, fion'engaging the outerclrcurnferenceottom plate and the other of said platesv pivoted to the wheel-engaging plate, and means adjustably fasteningv said plates-together.

2. A wheel-engaging means of a general triangular construction, comprising a bottom plate, a dished wheel-engaging plate pivotall mounted on said bottom plate, the

. third si e of said means comprising two super-imposed plates, one plate pivoted to the ottom platef and the other of said plates pivoted to the wheel-engaging plate, means adjustablyfastening said plates together,

and means carried by one of said superimposed plates adapted to permit of a variable connection with another of said` wheel-em gaging plates.

3. In a means for holding a wheel on a platform, a vbed-plate mounted on said platform, and a pair of spaced-apart triangular shaped members adapted to be positioned in front and rear of the wheel, the sides of each triangular shaped member being pivot. ally connected together, and one side c onsisting of two sections adjustable relative to each other for varying the angular disposition of said triangular shaped member'to 't wheels of different diameters.

4. In a means for fastening a wheel to. a. platform, a bed plate, and apa-ir of wheel `engaging devices, each comprising a bottom late, awheel-enga'ging platepivoted at its ower end to the inner end ofthe bottom plate, and two plates adjustably connected together, one of said plates being pivoted to the other end of the bottom plate, and the other of said lates being pivoted to the upper end of t e wheel-engaging plate, the

`said bottom plates being each adjustably mounted on the bed plate, whereby said wheel-engaging lates may be positioned i front and rear odiferent sized wheels.

5. In a means for fastening a wheel to a platform, a bed plate, a pair of triangularshaped wheel engaging devices each comprising a bottom plate, a wheel engaging 'plate pivoted at its lower end to one end of the bottom plate, two supporting plates adjustable relative to each other, one of said supporting plates being pivoted to the other end of the bottom plate, and the other supporting plate being pivoted to the upper end of the wheel engaging plate, means for fastenin the supporting plates ltogether when a Justed, the said bottom plate being adjustably mounted on the bed plate kto permit of moving the wheel engaging devlces toward and from each other, means for binding the wheel to the bed late, and means for fastening lthe wheel engaging devices together. l l

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, JAMES BUXTON HARRISON.

j Witnesses:

C. M. IDLEMAN, ARTHUR J. GANTLER. 

